Storm, William George

STORM, William George (1826-1892)
(biography in preparation)

W.G. STORM (Institutional works in Toronto unless noted)

ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Lincoln County Gaol, 1864-66 (St. Catharine's Constitutional, 6 Oct. 1864, 2; Horwood Coll. 134; E. Julian et al, St. Catharines: Our Built Heritage, 2005, 143, illus.)
OSGOODE HALL, Queen Street West at University Avenue, wrought iron fence, 1866 (Horwood 649)
CITY REGISTRY OFFICE, Toronto Street, 1869; addition, 1886; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 17 Aug. 1869, 3, t.c.; and 26 Oct. 1886, 5, t.c.; Horwood Coll. 652, 720)
ST. JOHN'S WARD SCHOOL, also called Wellesley School, St. Alban's Street at St. Vincent Street, 1873; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 4 Sept. 1873, 4, t.c.; Toronto, Fifteenth Annual Report of the Inspector of Public Schools for 1873, 95; Horwood Coll. 660)
ST. PATRICK'S WARD SCHOOL, Borden Street at Herrick Street, 1873; addition 1884 (Horwood Coll. 657, 671, 703)
LESLIEVILLE SCHOOL, Leslie Street at Sproat Avenue, 1873; demol. (Toronto, Fifteenth Annual Report of the Inspector of Public Schools for 1873, 88, 95; Horwood Coll. 656)
ST. LAWRENCE WARD SCHOOL, South Park Street at Lake Street, 1873; demol. (Horwood Coll. 656, 659)
ST. DAVID'S WARD SCHOOL, Winchester Street at Ontario Street, 1873; demol. (Toronto, Fifteenth Annual Report of the Inspector of Public Schools for 1873, 88, 95; Horwood Coll. 658, 672, 678)
ST. ANDREW'S WARD SCHOOL, Niagara Street at Garrison Street, 1873; demol. (Toronto, Fifteenth Annual Report of the Inspector of Public Schools for 1873, 88, 95; Horwood Coll. 658, 677)
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL, also called Wycliffe College, College Street, west of Queen's Park Crescent, 1881-82; additions 1885, demol. c. 1902-03 (Globe [Toronto], 15 Aug. 1881, 7, t.c.; and 17 Jan. 1885, 10, t.c.; Mail [Toronto], 4 Oct. 1882, 8, descrip.; and 25 Oct. 1882, 8, descrip.; Evangelical Churchman [Toronto], vii, 5 Oct. 1882, 287, descrip.; Horwood Coll. 680, 698)
TORONTO EYE & EAR INFIRMARY, Church Street near Shuter Street, c. 1876 (Horwood Coll. 679)
TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL, Gerrard Street East at Sumach Street, improvements, 1878; Convalescent Patients Hall and Nurses Training School, 1882; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 19 Oct. 1878, 7, t.c.; Horwood Coll. 679)
UPPER CANADA COLLEGE, King Street West, Boarding House, 1880 (Horwood Coll. 682)
OSGOODE HALL, Queen Street West at University Avenue, major addition of Examination Hall & Classrooms, 1880-81; Law School, 1890 (Globe [Toronto], 13 Dec. 1880, 7, t.c.; and 8 Feb. 1882, 10, descrip.; Mail [Toronto], 4 Feb. 1882, 6, descrip.; Horwood Coll. 683, 735, 739, 766)
HAMILTON, ONT., Boy's Home, Stinson Street, 1880 (Horwood Coll. 692)
OLD CITY HALL, Front Street East at Jarvis Street, alterations, 1882-87 (Horwood Coll. 697)
POLICE COURT & FIRE HALL, Court Street, 1883 (Horwood Coll. 702)
BOY'S HOME, George Street, 1884; Infirmary, 1889 (Evangelical Churchman [Toronto], viii, 28 Feb. 1884, 520, descrip.; Globe [Toronto], 22 April 1889, 5, t.c.; Horwood Coll. 692)
CONVALESCENT HOME, Davenport Road near Bathurst Street, 1885 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1885, 7, t.c.; Horwood Coll. 706, 708; Hillcrest Convalescent Home, 1953, 4)
MIMICO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, Mimico Station, Etobicoke, 1885 (Globe [Toronto], 30 Sept. 1885, 5, t.c.; Toronto World, 7 Oct. 1885, 1; Horwood Coll. 707)
ST. LAWRENCE WARD SCHOOL, Sackville Street at Eastern Avenue, 1887 (Globe [Toronto], 15 Aug. 1887, 5, t.c.; Horwood Coll. 716, 719)
DEER PARK SANATORIUM, 1890-91 (C.R., i, 8 Nov. 1890, 2; Horwood Coll. 737)
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, Queen's Park Crescent near Charles Street West, 1890-92 (Globe [Toronto], 13 Dec. 1890, 1, illus. & descrip.; and 19 March 1892, 3, illus.; and 21 March 1892, 8, descrip.; Toronto World, 10 June 1891, 2, descrip.; N. Burwash, History of Victoria College, 1927, 405-6; Horwood Coll. 727-729, 734, 740, 742-3)

W.G. STORM (Ecclesiastical works in Toronto unless noted)

COBOURG, ONT., Wesleyan Methodist Church, Division Street, 1852 (Examiner [Toronto], 28 April 1852, 3; Horwood Coll. 769)
ST. JAME'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, King Street East at Church Street, bell tower, 1864-65; spire 1873 (Globe [Toronto], 28 Sept. 1864, 2, t.c.; and 8 Nov. 1865, 1, descrip.; and 25 Nov. 1865, 2, descrip.; Leader [Toronto], 25 Aug. 1873, 4; Horwood Coll. 75, 644, 651)
RICHMOND STREET WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, Richmond Street West near Yonge Street, 1871, 1874, demol. (Daily Leader [Toronto], 20 July 1874, 4, descrip.; Horwood Coll., 662a)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, Carlton Street near Yonge Street, 1874-75; additions, 1886; demol. (Mail [Toronto], 11 June 1874, 2, descrip.; Toronto World, 27 May 1886, 1, descrip.; T.E. Champion, The Methodist Churches of Toronto, 1899, 196-8, descrip.; J.R. Roberston, Landmarks of Toronto, 1904, iv, 357-60, illus. & descrip.; Horwood Coll. 663, 669)
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, King Street West at Simcoe Street, 1874-75; alterations and additions, 1880 (Globe [Toronto], 23 Sept. 1874, 4, t.c.; and Globe [Toronto], 21 April 1875, 4, descrip.; and 8 Feb. 1876, 3, descrip.; Leader [Toronto], 8 Feb. 1876, 8, descrip.; J.R. Robertson, Landmarks of Toronto, 1904, iv, 124-6, illus. & descrip.; Horwood Coll. 668, 670, 673, 713)
EVERETT, ONT., St. David's Anglican Church, County Road No. 13 at Jenkins Street, 1880; still standing as of 2020 (Globe [Toronto], 13 March 1880, 4)
GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH, Elm Street near Elizabeth Street, new chancel and extensive alterations, 1880 (Evangelical Churchman [Toronto], iv, 24 July 1879, 165, descrip.; Mail [Toronto], 16 March 1881, 8; Horwood Coll. 690)
MISSION HALL, College Street, new Sunday School, c. 1880 (Horwood Coll. 718)
MISSION HALL, Davenport Road near Dupont Street, c. 1886 (Horwood Coll. 712)
MISSION HALL, Sackville Street near Carlton Street, 1887 (Horwood Coll. 718)
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, Bloor Street West at Avenue Road, new Rectory and addition to Schoolhouse, 1890; demol. 1978 (Toronto World, 24 Oct. 1890, 2; Canadian Churchman, xvii, 13 Aug. 1891, 486; Horwood Coll. 731, 732)

W.G. STORM (Commercial works in Toronto unless noted)

NORTHERN RAILWAY CO., Front Street West at Brock Street, offices, 1862 (Globe [Toronto], 26 Feb. 1862, 1, descrip.; Horwood Coll. 409, 643)
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CO., Esplanade Avenue at Yonge Street, Passenger & Freight Station, 1864-66; burned 1952 (Leader [Toronto], 2 Jan. 1865, 1, descrip.; Globe [Toronto], 8 Nov. 1865, 1; and 5 March 1866, 2, descrip.; O. Thomson, Toronto in the Camera, 1868, 26, illus.; Canadian Illustrated News, ii, 2 April 1870, 341, 346, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1978, 2, illus.; Horwood Coll. 646)
ORILLIA, ONT., Summer Hotel, 1865 (Horwood Coll. 648, 745)
WILLIAM ARTHURS & CO., King Street East near Yonge Street, store, c. 1865 (Horwood Coll. 758)
KING STREET WEST, office for the architect, c. 1866 (Horwood Coll. 761)
C.P. REID & CO., Front Street East near Scott Street, warehouse, 1874; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 7 March 1874, 3, t.c.)
FRONT STREET EAST, near Yonge Street, office block for John Worthington, 1874 (Horwood Coll. 663, 666)
YONGE STREET, near Queen Street, stores for William Taylor, 1874 (Horwood Coll. 667)
QUEEN STREET WEST, west of Spadina Avenue, row of five stores for George R. Cockburn, 1881 (Horwood Coll. 694, 704)
KENT BROS., Yonge Street near Albert Street, store, 1882; demol. (Horwood Coll. 696)
ADELAIDE STREET EAST, near Victoria Street, store for David H. Doust, 1882 (Horwood Coll. 699)
YONGE STREET, at Carlton Street, store for Andrew Jeffrey, 1884 (Horwood Coll. 709)
QUEEN CITY FIRE INSURANCE CO., Church Street at Colborne Street, 1888 (Horwood Coll. 725)
RICE, LEWIS & SON, King Street East at Victoria Street, warehouse and store, 1888-89; demol. (L. Denesiuk, 'Keys to the Padlock: W.G. Storm's Cast Iron Facade for Rice Lewis & Son', in the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, xx, June 1995, 32-40, illus.; Horwood Coll. 714, 722)
SPADINA AVENUE, near Baldwin Street, row of five stores for William E. Dunn, 1890 (Horwood Coll. 733)

W.G. STORM (Residential works in Toronto unless noted)

SHERBOURNE STREET, near Queen Street East, for Samuel S. Martin, 1864, additions and alterations, 1875, 1885 (Horwood Coll. 645)
BOND STREET, two houses for W. Williamson, c. 1865 (Horwood Coll. 768)
QUEEN'S PARK CRESCENT, Caretaker's Lodge at the Volunteer's Monument, 1869 (Horwood Coll. 653)
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT., additions and alterations to villa for J.B. Plumb, King Street at Gage Street, 1871 (Horwood Coll. 655)
PARLIAMENT STREET, south of Dundas Street, for Emerson Coatsworth, 1873 (Horwood Coll. 661)
JOHN STREET, near Grange Avenue, for William W. Farley, 1874 (Horwood Coll. 662)
PETER STREET, near Mercer Street, major additions and alterations to residence for Stephen Heward, 1874 (Horwood 655a)
JARVIS STREET, near Maitland Street, new facade and additions for Arthur B. Lee, 1875, 1880 (Horwood Coll. 676)
CARLETON STREET, near Jarvis Street, for Henry S. Northrop, c. 1875 (Horwood Coll. 756)
ELM STREET, near Bay Street, for William J. Shaw, c. 1875 (Horwood 767a)
GRANGE ROAD, additions to residence for John Boulton, 1881 (Horwood Coll. 693)
JARVIS STREET, at Isabella Street, mansion for Mrs. Sarah H. Cawthra, 1882 (Jessica Mace, "The City as Spectacle - Modernity and the Urban Fabric of Jarvis Street, Toronto", in Lucie Morisset, The Architecture of Identity, 2020, 44, 52, 54-55, illus. & descrip.; Horwood Coll. 700)
JARVIS STREET, near Isabella Street, mansion for John C. Fitch, 1884 (Jessica Mace, "The City as Spectacle - Modernity and the Urban Fabric of Jarvis Street, Toronto", in Lucie Morisset, The Architecture of Identity, 2020, 53, 55-56, illus. & descrip.; Horwood Coll. 684, 764)
MUSKOKA, ONT., additions and alterations to 'Ferncliffe', a summer house for Benjamin S. Beley, Lake Rosseau, 1884 (Horwood Coll. 705)
JARVIS STREET, at Gloucester Street, major addition and alterations to residence for William Mulock, 1888 (Horwood 724)
ISABELLA STREET, at Huntley Street, addition to residence for John Hallam, 1888 (Horwood 723)
SULTAN STREET, residence for the architect, c. 1888 (Horwood Coll 759, 762)
JARVIS STREET, at Isabella Street, for Mrs. Emily Smart, c. 1890 (Horwood Coll. 766a)
CHURCH STREET, at Charles Street, for Alfred Wilson, 1891 (Horwood Coll. 738)
JARVIS STREET, at Carlton Street, major addition and alterations to residence for John B. Hall, 1892 (Jessica Mace, "The City as Spectacle - Modernity and the Urban Fabric of Jarvis Street, Toronto", in Lucie Morisset, The Architecture of Identity, 2020, 58, illus. & descrip.; Horwood Coll. 741)

W.G. STORM (Other works in Toronto unless noted)

COBOURG, ONT., cemetery monument for Thomas Dumble, 1860 (Horwood Coll. 78)
ST. JAMES CEMETERY, Parliament Street, tomb for Casimir S. Gzowski, 1861 (Horwood Coll. 753)
ST. JAMES CEMETERY, monument for Thomas Gibbs Ridout, 1862 (Horwood Coll. 78)
OSGOODE HALL, iron fence on Queen Street West and University Avenue, 1865-66 (Globe [Toronto], 13 Dec. 1865, 3, t.c.; Horwood Coll. 649)
ST. JAMES CEMETERY, Parliament Street, family vault for John Worthington, 1874 (Globe [Toronto], 21 July 1874, 3, t.c.; Horwood 664, 665)
PROSPECT CEMETERY, Mortuary Building, 1889 (Horwood Coll. 726)

COMPETITIONS

STRATFORD, ONT., Perth County Gaol, 1866, drawings signed 'Always Ready' (Horwood Coll. 650, dated Sept. 1867). There was no winner declared in this competition (Stratford Beacon, 7 Dec. 1866, 2)
METROPOLITAN WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, Queen Street East at Church Street, 1869. Eight designs were sent in for this important new ecclesiastical project on McGill Square. The design by Storm was awarded First Premium of $200, but was later set aside in favour of the Second Prize submission which had been sent in by his competitor Gundry & Langley (The Globe [Toronto], 1 April 1869, 1, report on the competition; Christian Guardian [Toronto], 7 April 1869, 55)
BUFFALO, N.Y., City & County Hall, 1871 (Horwood Coll. 754a). The winning scheme was designed by Andrew J. Warner of Rochester N.Y.
TORONTO, ONT., All Saints Anglican Church, Sherbourne Street, 1874. Six architects were invited by the Building Committee to submit plans, but only four firms took up the invitation. Storm declined to submit a design. R.C. Windeyer was declared the winner (Anglican Church Archives, Toronto, All Saints Anglican Church, Minutes of the Vestry, January-February 1874)
TORONTO COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Jarvis Street, 1875 (Horwood Coll. 763a). The design by Richard Windeyer was declared winner .
INFANTS HOME, St. Mary's Street, 1881 [Horwood Coll. 194). The design by David Dick was selected as the best scheme.
HAMILTON, ONT., new General Hospital, c. 1880, drawings signed 'Iron Cross' (Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Hamilton, 2016, 80-82, illus & descrip.; Horwood Coll. 754, 765)
MACPHERSON CHAMBERS, King Street East at Toronto Street, c. 1882 (Horwood Coll. 685)
WEST END COLLEGIATE, 1890 [Horwood Coll. 749, 763a). The submission prepared by Knox & Elliot received the First Premium (Globe [Toronto], 26 July 1890, 18)